Each time I visit my ancestors' hometowns in Italy, I get a bit more adventurous.Trip #1Trip #1 to Grandpa's hometown.In 2003 my husband and I went on our honeymoon. We planned a trip to quite a few of...
Finding Relatives in Your Ancestral Hometown's Cemetery
The entrance to the cemetery in my grandfather's Italian hometown.I've twice visited the cemeteries in my ancestral hometowns in Italy. In 2005 I visited three towns and photographed each grave that had...
Do-It-Yourself Genealogy Vacation, Part 2
Mapping Out Your Genealogy VacationMy map collection for my grandfather's hometown.For days before my recent trip to Italy, I saved locations to my collection of places on Google Maps. Now I can access...
Taking a Do-It-Yourself Genealogy Vacation, Part 1
At the Archivio di Stato, Corso Garibaldi, Benevento.Thursday night my husband and I landed in Newark Liberty Airport after a long flight from Rome. Our genealogy vacation was over.Our flight landed at...
Walking in Your Ancestors' Footsteps
Fifteen years ago my husband and I went on a dream-come-true honeymoon. There was only one place in the world I wanted to go. Italy.Sforza Castle in Milano, 2015. We'd been here before, but there was...
Search That Building for More Relatives
This Bronx building has tons of family treeevidence for me.My mom and dad grew up a block apart in the Bronx, New York. They went to the same grade school that was part of the church in their neighborhood.When...
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